Weymouth man facing murder charges sent back to hospital for evaluation

Norfolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth Fishman on Monday ordered Donald Rudolph, 20, to undergo a 20-day evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital after hearing from a court clinician who interviewed Rudolph earlier in the day and recommended he go back to the hospital.

By Christian Schiavone

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

By Christian Schiavone

Posted Apr. 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 29, 2013 at 9:53 PM

By Christian Schiavone

Posted Apr. 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 29, 2013 at 9:53 PM

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A Weymouth man charged with murdering his mother, sister and another man in their home has been ordered to undergo a second psychiatric evaluation.

Norfolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth Fishman on Monday ordered Donald Rudolph, 20, to undergo a 20-day evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital after hearing from a court clinician who interviewed Rudolph and recommended that he go back to the hospital, a spokesman for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said.

Rudolph is charged with bludgeoning to death his mother, Paula Rudolph, 50; his sister, Caylin Rudolph, 24; and his mother’s boyfriend, Frederick Medina, 52, inside their 10 Upland Road home on Nov. 10, 2011. Caylin Rudolph and Medina had also been stabbed.

Another sister and Caylin Rudolph’s twin daughters were not at the home that night.

Police found Rudolph, who was 18 at the time of the killings, at the scene with blood on his hands and clothes, according to a police report.

He spent nearly six weeks undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital after he was arrested and charged with three counts of murder. But he refused to cooperate with his doctors, who were unable to make a determination about his mental state, and he was sent back to jail.

His attorney, John Darrell, has maintained that Rudolph is not mentally competent to assist in his own defense. Darrell said last week that he hopes medical records and other documents from the hospital and the Plymouth and Dedham jails where Rudolph has been held since his first evaluation could give doctors a better sense of his mental state.

Darrell did not return messages seeking comment Monday afternoon.

Court records show Rudolph has a history of mental illness and scrapes with the law. During a court appearance, his court-appointed lawyer said Rudolph had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.